Political Leaders through history
The atlas holds 107 people and 4,290 moments here, from 1281 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Gabriela Mistral, Justinian I and Mohamed Morsi. Across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Gabriela Mistral
from 1889 to 1957
55 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Justinian I
from 482 to 565
7 moments here
Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565, noted for the Corpus Juris Civilis, extensive building programs, religious policy, and campaigns that…
Mohamed Morsi
from 1951 to 2019
21 moments here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Hadrian
from 76 to 138
18 moments here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Corazon Aquino
from 1933 to 2009
29 moments here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Ramesses II
from 1281 BC to 1213 BC
17 moments here
Ramesses II, commonly called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.…
Empress Dowager Cixi
from 1835 to 1908
13 moments here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1960 to 2024
24 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Li Keqiang
from 1955 to 2023
41 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1932 to 1999
26 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Catherine II of Russia
from 1729 to 1796
60 moments here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…